I recently return from a photo assignment in Punjab and Rajastan, where we attended two weddings.
We stayed with a family in Ludhiana where the men were served meals first. Often the women afterwards ate from the same plate that was left by the men. Even in Canada I noticed the same practice. Maybe the bonding of love, cause sharing from the same plate.
In India, I suggested that men assist the women in cooking, so we can all sit together at the table for meals.
The women laughed uneasily at the suggestion and my friendly guide said , don't impose your culture on us.
Rass, it was like Guyana in de old days, until me brothers start cooking dinner, under the guidance of our mother.
This was a good thing for me alone in Vancouver in the 1960's , or me rass would starve.